Agenda, decisions and minutes

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Please note that if any changes are made to this minute at the point of approval, these will be outlined in the subsequent minute and this document will not be retrospectively altered.

The Chair welcomed everybody to the Special Meeting and members introduced themselves.

Members were requested to intimate any declarations of interest in respect of the items on the agenda, thereafter the following were intimated:-

(1) Carol Buchanan and Iain Small declared an interest in item 4 (Primary Care Update) by virtue of their positions as General Practitioners at Calsayseat and Peterhead Medical Practices respectively, but did not consider that the nature of their interest required them to leave the meeting at that item on the agenda.

The Chair proposed that the Board consider item 4 (Primary Care Update) with the press and public excluded from the meeting.

The Board resolved:-

in terms of Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, to exclude the press and public from the meeting during consideration of item 4 (Primary Care Update) so as to avoid disclosure of exempt information of the classes described in paragraph 8 (Estimated Expenditure on Contracts) of Part 1 of Schedule 7A of the Act.

The Board had before it a report from Sandra MacLeod, Chief Officer, regarding Carden Medical Centre – Options Appraisal and Recommendations.

IJB Members asked a wide range of questions and scrutinised the transition plans in order to provide assurance from a patient safety perspective.

The report recommended:-

That the Board

(a)           agree the recommended option to stop delivering General Medical Services at Carden Medical Centre by 1 February 2022;

(b)           approve the safe reassignment of the patient list amongst other practices;

(c)           instruct the Chief Officer to implement the above recommendations with immediate effect;

(d)           make the direction (as per Appendix C) to NHS Grampian and instruct the Chief Officer to issue the Direction to NHS Grampian; and

(e)           receive an update on progress at the meeting of IJB on 25 January 2022.

The Board resolved:-

to approve the recommendations contained in the report.

-                LUAN GRUGEON, Chairperson